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Understanding caregiver preferences for firearm locking devices in a pediatric emergency department [PDF]

Injury Epidemiology
Background Around 40% of US households with children have a firearm kept in the home. This study sought to describe firearm storage practices and locking device preferences among caregivers of children presenting to a pediatric emergency department (ED).
Tyler Lennon, Samaa Kemal, Sanjana Shankar, Robert Tunick, Doug Lorenz, Jennifer A. Hoffmann   +5 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Impact of cable lock distribution on firearm securement after emergent mental health evaluation: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

Injury Epidemiology
Background Suicide-related presentations to pediatric emergency departments (PED) have increased in recent years. PED providers have the opportunity to reduce suicide risk by counseling on restricting access to lethal means.
Bijan Ketabchi, Michael A. Gittelman, Yin Zhang, Wendy J. Pomerantz   +3 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Reducing Firearm Access for Suicide Prevention: Implementation Evaluation of the Web-Based “Lock to Live” Decision Aid in Routine Health Care Encounters

JMIR Medical Informatics, 2023
Background“Lock to Live” (L2L) is a novel web-based decision aid for helping people at risk of suicide reduce access to firearms. Researchers have demonstrated that L2L is feasible to use and acceptable to patients, but little is known about how to ...
Julie Angerhofer Richards, Elena Kuo, Christine Stewart, Lisa Shulman, Rebecca Parrish, Ursula Whiteside, Jennifer M Boggs, Gregory E Simon, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Marian E Betz   +9 more
doaj   +4 more sources

“Lock to Live” for firearm and medication safety: Feasibility and acceptability of a suicide prevention tool in a learning healthcare system [PDF]

Frontiers in Digital Health, 2022
ObjectiveFew patients with suicide risk are counseled on lethal means safety by health providers. This study tested the feasibility of different delivery methods for Lock to Live (L2L), a web-based decision aid of safe storage options for firearms and ...
Jennifer M. Boggs, LeeAnn M. Quintana, Arne Beck, Samuel Clinch, Laura Richardson, Amy Conley, Julie E. Richards, Marian E. Betz   +7 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Firearm Screening and Gun Lock Distribution in an Urban, Academic Pediatric Emergency Department. [PDF]

Pediatr Emerg Care
OBJECTIVES To examine firearm access and storage practices among parents/guardians of pediatric emergency department (PED) patients, and to determine whether the distribution of gun locks impacts overall storage practices.
Timm T, Mueller K, Lim M, An M, Jamro-Comer E, Ahmad FA, Clukies L.   +6 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Preferences for Firearm Locking Devices and Device Features Among Participants in a Firearm Safety Event

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2019
Introduction: Safe firearm storage is associated with a lower risk of firearm-related injury and death. Although providing firearm locking devices is a key component of firearm safety interventions, little is known about the types and characteristics of ...
Joseph A. Simonetti, Cassie Simeona, Chelsie Gallagher, Elizabeth Bennett, Frederick P. Rivara, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Community member perspectives on gun violence intervention in the southeast USA: a mixed-methods, cross-sectional study [PDF]

BMJ Public Health
Introduction South Carolina ranks ninth in the USA for its firearm death rates and black non-Hispanic residents are most impacted. The purpose of this research was to learn more from community members in the Charleston, South Carolina Tri-County area ...
Yu Lu, Sarah B. Maness, Marlvis 'Butch' Kennedy, Morgan Maner, Shantell McLaggan, Kailey Smitherman, Kathleen Trejo Tello   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Receptiveness and Responsiveness Toward Using Social Media for Safe Firearm Storage Outreach: Mixed Methods Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021
BackgroundChildhood and adolescent firearm injury and death rates have increased over the past decade and remain major public health concerns in the United States.
Esther Lam, Megan Moreno, Elizabeth Bennett, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

“Lock and Protect”: Development of a Digital Decision Aid to Support Lethal Means Counseling in Parents of Suicidal Youth

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Objective: Reducing access to lethal methods is an effective suicide prevention strategy that is often neglected in routine care. Digital interventions have shown promise for addressing such gaps in care; and decision aids have proven useful for ...
Joan R. Asarnow, Lucas Zullo, Stephanie M. Ernestus, Chase W. Venables, David B. Goldston, Angela M. Tunno, Marian E. Betz   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

(Un)lock and (Un)loaded: Regulating 3D-Printed Firearms in the Open-source Era after the 2013 Hysteria

Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology, 2023
3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is a fast-evolving technology that is transforming the way humans create things. Anyone can buy a 3D printer for private usage, allowing them to produce totally personalized things in the comfort of their own homes.
David Tan, Ampuan Situmeang, H. Disemadi
semanticscholar   +3 more sources